Barclays Bank has become the latest bank to support the joint venture between CLS Group and Traiana, which provides trade aggregation services to participants active in the over-the-counter FX market. Barclays Capital joins an initial group of eight banks
NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, has gained the first broker headquartered in the People’s Republic of China through its Hong Kong subsidiary. GF Futures (Hong Kong) Co Ltd became a trading member of NYSE Liffe on
List Group, an electronic trading software provider, has launched Brain3, a complex event processing and algorithmic trading engine, which provides buy and sell-side firms with a solution for the development of low latency, automated algorithms. B3’s CEP engine enables real-time
LaSalle Investment Management has partnered with BGC Partners to establish a property derivatives capability for clients. The new offering is expected to be fully operational by spring 2011. Together with BGC, LaSalle will embed the end-to-end systems and processes to
Apex Fund Services is to create 50 jobs in Ireland over the next 18 months with the opening of a new office in Dublin. The new office opening is in response to Apex Fund Services rapidly growing client base internationally.
April trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) totalled 102.70 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in April was 4.67 million contracts,
In March, the stock market could not maintain the fast pace that began last summer. The S&P 500 index remained stable (+0.04%) despite continuously decreasing implied volatility (17.7%) over the past three months. For the first quarter of 2011, the
A collateral management service developed for customers of both Clearstream and BNP Paribas Securities Services has now launched across multiple markets and for both fixed income and equities. The live service enables mutual customers to use Clearstream’s global collateral allocation,
CBOE Futures Exchange is to launch trading in security futures on the CBOE Emerging Markets ETF Volatility Index, pending regulatory approval. The VXEEM Index reflects the implied volatility of the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index exchange-traded fund (ETF) (ticker:EEM). EEM
Cyber security lab I Think Security Ltd has launched LOQ, a secure information technology that keeps proprietary information and communications secure for asset managers and their high net worth clients. “It’s our most advanced security solution yet, with outstanding features
